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Audience members whispered to each other and appeared visibly agitated in response to Fried's comments on Jeffries.
Urging high standards for the hiring of faculty members, Fried questioned the discretion of the City University of New York in tenuring controversial Afro-American studies professor Leonard Jeffries. Jeffries spoke at Harvard earlier this month.
Fried said that Jeffries--who has been criticized for making statements perceived as racist, anti-Semitic and anti-gay--was unqualified for his post, and called him "a totally deplorable person, morally deplorable."
The section's message that wounds of hatred are best healed with information, honesty, and love are especially poignant in light of the Dr. Jeffries appearance at Harvard and the recent Crown Heights riots.
Approximately 450 people protested the February 5 speech by Jeffries, chair of the CUNY Afro-American Department who has widely been condemned as an anti-Semite. Eight campus organizations, led by Hillel, sponsored the rally. BSA and two graduate student groups invited Jeffries to speak at Harvard.